Kuwait- KUNA main news for Monday, August 7, 2017


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Local:

KUWAIT -- Algeria has reaffirmed support to the ongoing mediation efforts led by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to end the Gulf crisis. (Issued at 16:08 local time or 13:08 GMT).

KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti cabinet holds its routine weekly meeting.

Economic:

KUWAIT -- Kuwait Bourse ended Monday's trading session in the green with the three main indices up. (Issued at 13:41 local time or 10:41 GMT).

VIENNA -- OPEC daily basket price was down 30 cents to stand at USD 49.94 per barrel (pb) last Friday, compared with USD 50.24 pb the day before, said the international organization Monday. (Issued at 13:00 local time or 10:00 GMT).

International:

ISTANBUL -- Turkey has foiled an attempt by 54 infiltrators to go from the Turkish Canakkale city to the Greek island of Mytilini (Lesbos), in the northern Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey, according to local media. (Issued at 14:56 local time or 11:56 GMT).

KUALA LUMPUR -- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson raised concern over the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential elections during his meeting with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. (Issued at 12:39 local time or 09:39 GMT).

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